poachyadj.

Brit.

/ˈpəʊtʃi/, U.S.

/ˈpoʊtʃi/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: poach v.², -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < poach v.² + -y suffix¹.

Of land: retentive of moisture, and so liable to be trampled into muddy holes; sodden, swampy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [adjective] > mire

mirya1398

mire?1440

fennish1577

spewing1610

mirish1630

poachy1707

poached1793

pugged1843

squoggy1950

1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 25 Your low Meadows and Marsh-lands you need not lay up till April, except the Spring be very wet, and your Marshes very poachy.

1730 G. Rye Considerations Agric. x. 53 Our Rainy Season sets in about the Equinox; which Rains would make that sort of Ground too Poachy.

1802 C. Findlater Gen. View Agric. County of Peebles 158 The land is put into a poachy state by every heavy shower of rain.

1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 45 A heavy rain may fall for some days, and render the land quite soft and poachy.

1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma xxv. 97 The same sour, rush-grown, poachy, snipe-shooting looking place.

1990 C. Hosein in S. Brown Caribbean New Wave 98 His head seemed filled with the poachy earth of a cattlepen.

2003 P. Saracin Pure Platinum 141 Nearly an hour later, the cut ended in a poachy quagmire of grass and mud. He had no alternative but to..work his way back out to the creek he had abandoned.

Derivatives

ˈpoachiness n. rare

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun] > wet place, mire, or slough > miry quality

mirinessa1608

spewiness1653

poachiness1707

pugging1964

1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry i. 41 The lower vallies, because of the poachiness of them, they keep for Grass.

1927–9 H. Wheeler Waverley Children's Dict. V. 3312/1 Such land is said to be poachy..and its poachiness..can only be cured by draining.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	poachy
释义	poachyadj. Brit. /ˈpəʊtʃi/, U.S. /ˈpoʊtʃi/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: poach v.², -y suffix¹. Etymology: < poach v.² + -y suffix¹. Of land: retentive of moisture, and so liable to be trampled into muddy holes; sodden, swampy. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [adjective] > mire mirya1398 mire?1440 fennish1577 spewing1610 mirish1630 poachy1707 poached1793 pugged1843 squoggy1950 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 25 Your low Meadows and Marsh-lands you need not lay up till April, except the Spring be very wet, and your Marshes very poachy. 1730 G. Rye Considerations Agric. x. 53 Our Rainy Season sets in about the Equinox; which Rains would make that sort of Ground too Poachy. 1802 C. Findlater Gen. View Agric. County of Peebles 158 The land is put into a poachy state by every heavy shower of rain. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 45 A heavy rain may fall for some days, and render the land quite soft and poachy. 1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma xxv. 97 The same sour, rush-grown, poachy, snipe-shooting looking place. 1990 C. Hosein in S. Brown Caribbean New Wave 98 His head seemed filled with the poachy earth of a cattlepen. 2003 P. Saracin Pure Platinum 141 Nearly an hour later, the cut ended in a poachy quagmire of grass and mud. He had no alternative but to..work his way back out to the creek he had abandoned. Derivatives ˈpoachiness n. rare ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun] > wet place, mire, or slough > miry quality mirinessa1608 spewiness1653 poachiness1707 pugging1964 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry i. 41 The lower vallies, because of the poachiness of them, they keep for Grass. 1927–9 H. Wheeler Waverley Children's Dict. V. 3312/1 Such land is said to be poachy..and its poachiness..can only be cured by draining. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1707
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